This long-dead South Carolinian isn’t someone you might recognize easily. But there’s a pretty good bet he was pretty important to the United States at some point in his life. Who is he? Send your guess to feedback@statehousereport.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.
Our previous Mystery Photo
Our Feb. 8 mystery, “This should be an easy one,” wasn’t so easy for many. Maybe it’s because the building looked a lot like a corner of the Statehouse. But it wasn’t. It was a corner of the U.S. Custom House in Charleston.
Congratulations to these photo sleuths who got it right: George Graf of Palmyra, Va.; Bill Segars of Hartsville; Philip Cromer of Beaufort; Steve Willis of Lancaster; Jay Altman of Columbia; and Frank Bouknight of Summerville.
Segars added: “This week’s photo is Supervising Architect Edward Brickell White’s U. S. Custom House (it was not his design) in downtown Charleston. Construction began in 1853 and completed in 1879. Interesting building and history.”
Graf provided more context from Wikipedia: “By the 1960s, the Custom House was used by a number of federal agencies. local preservationists with the help of Representative Mendel Rivers worked to save the building.”
Send us a mystery: If you have a photo that you believe will stump readers, send it along (but make sure to tell us what it is because it may stump us too!) Send to: feedback@statehousereport.com and mark it as a photo submission. Thanks.
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